Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Parent taxon: Hyaenidae according to L. Werdelin and S. Peigne 2010
See also Carroll 1988, Ginsburg 1977, Kurten 1968, Kurtén 1982, Roussiakis and Theodorou 2003 and Werdelin and Solunias 1991
Sister taxa: Adcrocuta, Allohyaena, Belbus, Chasmaporthetes, Crocuta, Euryboas, Hyaena, Hyaenictis, Hyaenictitherium, Hyaeninae, Hyaenotherium, Ictitheriinae, Ikelohyaena, Leecyaena, Lepthyaena, Lycaena, Lycyaena, Lycyaenops, Mesoviverrops, Miohyaenotherium, Pachycrocuta, Palinhyaena, Parahyaena, Pliocrocuta, Plioviverrops, Proteles, Protoviverrops, Thalassictis, Tongxinictis, Tungurictis, Gansuyaena
Subtaxa: Ictitherium ibericum Ictitherium intuberculatum Ictitherium kurteni Ictitherium pannonicum Ictitherium sivalense Ictitherium tauricum Ictitherium viverrinum
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of China (2 collections), Kenya (1), the Russian Federation (1), South Africa (2)
• Turolian of Afghanistan (1), Bulgaria (4), China (8), Greece (3), Kyrgyzstan (1), Tajikistan (2)
• Miocene of Austria (1), Chad (1), China (7), France (2), Greece (8), Kenya (1), Moldova (3), Morocco (1), Slovakia (1), Spain (1), Türkiye (4), Ukraine (6)
Total: 61 collections including 79 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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